Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Partnership to target gun-related crimes

Project Surefire is about to take aim at gun crimes in theChicago area.

Federal law enforcement officials today will announce a majornew partnership with city, county and state agencies to combatfirearm-related crimes, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.

The name of the project is meant to send a message to criminalsthat "if you break any firearms law, it's a sure-fire way to go tojail," said Kathleen Kiernan, special agent in charge of Chicago'soffice of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, who willannounce the task force today.Kiernan will be one of several featured speakers at MayorDaley's fourth annual "Summit on Gangs, Guns and Drugs," expected …

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